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The Main Street Rescue That Wasn’t (And Still Isn’t)

PYMNTS

What happens if Main Street becomes less a proving ground for smaller businesses — born of, and serving, local communities — and more a collection of larger firms, well-capitalized, but already enjoying competitive advantages? They are also too large to get funding through programs solely focused on small business lending.

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How To Do Better Against National Bank Lending Competition

South State Correspondent

Who the competition is, what the lending competition is offering, their delivery channels, and service levels can help community banks differentiate their services and enhance their competitive advantage. The largest 100 banks dominate the industry with almost 75% of the market share.

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PayPal Hits $10B SMB Lending Milestone

PYMNTS

Businesses of a certain size — and in industries as varied as construction and restaurants — know the pain of wondering if they will have enough capital to fund operations, inventory, expansion and other mission-critical business activities. When it comes to SMB lending, PayPal has gone global. and global economy. and global economy.

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FinTechs Help Main Street Find Its Footing

PYMNTS

Marred by regulatory confusion , claims of unfair lending and borrowing, and the U.S. Department of Justice’s first case of alleged PPP fraud, small businesses quickly came to realize that government relief will not be the silver bullet they need to survive the market downturn. The Road To Recovery.

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Saving Main Street: Advocacy Groups Propose New Government Relief Programs

PYMNTS

The crisis is hardly over, but post-pandemic reality is setting in for Main Street retail. Most small businesses don’t have a lending relationship with a bank. She also urges government officials to remember the return in investment for Main Street businesses. Some don’t have any relationship with a bank.

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Bank Product Profitability and Productivity

South State Correspondent

We focused mainly on customer profitability and used risk-adjusted return on capital as a proxy for profitability. Through this understanding of profitability and productivity, bank managers can set better strategies and tactics plus start to optimize the allocation of capital. Both banks, for example, had about $150B in deposits.

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The New Lending Fintech Bonanza

Gonzobanker

OnDeck’s fire sale aside, recent deals at nCino, Black Knight and Ellie Mae are a shot in the arm to a market in need of some good news. 2020 is the wildest downward ride in the market since 1929, which, one would think, is taking its toll on the fintech ecosystem serving banks and credit unions. It’s one big sandbox.

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